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Jagdeo inclined to ‘still service’ Guyana after elections

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo inclined to ‘still service’ Guyana after elections

…..also ponders lucrative offers overseas Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo says that despite the many lucrative overseas offers made to him, he is more inclined to stay in Guyana and contribute...

Husband stabs wife after drinking session

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Husband stabs wife after drinking session

Two years after marriage and having a baby girl, 18-year-old Filisha Nauth, is currently at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing a stab wound inflicted by her...

Wanted!!!

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted!!!

The police are seeking the assistance of the public to apprehend Jomo Odinga Mc Donald called “George” or “Yankee” who is wanted for questioning in relation to Attempted Murder. Police did...

Bandits using fewer guns in robberies

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits using fewer guns in robberies

Bandits are using fewer guns these days to commit robberies. This is according to statistics released by the Guyana Police Force. Statistics showed that while there has been no significant decrease...

PNCR mourns passing of former Region Two Councilor

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR mourns passing of former Region Two Councilor

The main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is mourning the passing of former Region Two Councilor, Marva Bowen. Bowen died at Davis Memorial Hospital on Monday after a period of...

New lawyer admitted to local bar

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New lawyer admitted to local bar

Twenty-seven -year-old Shellon Alisha Boyce, was yesterday admitted to the local bar after having her petition presented by Justice James Patterson who acted as her attorney before...

Corentyne businessman shot, bullet lodged in left shoulder

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne businessman shot, bullet lodged in left shoulder

Two unmasked bandits shot Rajesh Kumar Nauth, 33, of Swamp Section, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, in the left shoulder. The shooting occurred at 20:00 hrs. According to Nauth, who lives at...

Govt to start budgeting for post grad progs – Health Minister

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt to start budgeting for post grad progs – Health Minister

Government will from next year include in its national budget funding for post graduate programmes at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). At least this is according to Senior...

Janitorial worker placed on bail for malicious wounding

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Janitorial worker placed on bail for malicious wounding

Marlon Griffith, 34, an employee of the Universal Janitorial Services appeared yesterday before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell to answer the charge of unlawful and malicious wounding. The man was said to...

Two more American women nabbed with cocaine at CJIA

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two more American women nabbed with cocaine at CJIA

Two American women failed to make it past the security checkpoint at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri with an undisclosed amount of cocaine intended for the United States of...

Road Safety Council recommends stiffer penalties for traffic offenders

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Road Safety Council recommends stiffer penalties for traffic offenders

The almost daily occurrences of accidents on the roadways, some of which are fatal, have led the Guyana National Road Safety Council (GNRSC) to recommend that magistrates and judges adjudicate...

Hit and Run resulted in one critically injured

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hit and Run resulted in one critically injured

Forty-year-old Oma Devi Persaud (Nadie), of 59 Annandale West, East Coast Demerara is now battling for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after she was hit and flung into the...

UN endorses CARICOM crime prevention plan

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UN endorses CARICOM crime prevention plan

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other key stakeholders have endorsed the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Social Development and Crime Prevention Action Plan as one which has...

Region Seven police lack transportation – Regional Chairman

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region Seven police lack transportation – Regional Chairman

The issue of security in Bartica and Region Seven as a whole is once again under the spotlight. This is as a result of the brazen attack on mining camps along the Puruni Landing and the Piari Landing...

Thieves hit spare parts dealer for $1.2M

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves hit spare parts dealer for $1.2M

Romain Bacchus and her husband, Lawrence Sooknanan are $1.2 million poorer after some men broke into their parked vehicle. Bacchus said that they had traveled from their New Amsterdam business...

Woman accused of stealing $2.5M from ACB

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman accused of stealing $2.5M from ACB

A former employee of the Advisory Committee on Broadcasting (ACB) was on Tuesday brought to the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing from the company $2,545,415. Joy...

Man charged with slaughtering neighbour’s cow

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with slaughtering neighbour’s cow

A man who is said to be of unsound mind, and who is described by residents in Leguan as a mad man, is in police custody for the illegal slaughter of a cow at Leguan. According to reports, the man who...

Mon Repos Water Treatment Plant has problems

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos Water Treatment Plant has problems

Customers served by the Mon Repos Water Treatment Plant, East Coast Demerara, are currently experiencing a disruption of their service or low water pressure due to operational...

Billboard collapses on parked car

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Billboard collapses on parked car

Hire car driver Sultan Mohamed is wondering who will compensate him after this billboard with a portrait of PPPC Presidential candidate Donald Ramotar came crashing down on his car near...

Winfer Garden Primary recognizes Year of African Descent

Oct 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Winfer Garden Primary recognizes Year of African Descent

Yesterday was designated World Teachers’ Day, an annual event that recognizes teachers all over Guyana and around the world. The day is also celebrated as it commemorates the 1966 signature...